初代歌川豊国画 『絵本時世粧』|Picture Book of Modern Figures of Fashion (Ehon imayō sugata) 絵本時世粧
Medium
Set of two woodblock-printed books with hand-written names in volume two; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each: 8 9/16 × 6 1/8 in. (21.8 × 15.5 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.849a, b
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世 · 1769–1825
**Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769–1825)** was a pivotal figure in Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printing, renowned for his dynamic depictions of kabuki actors that helped define the genre’s theatrical energy during the late Edo period. Born in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) as the son of Kurahashi Gorobei, a skilled carver of dolls and puppets modeled after kabuki performers, Toyokuni grew up immersed in the world ...